There is a question increasingly worth asking: Why do some of America's most privileged young people seem to have become among its harshest critics, not merely challenging policies but speaking as though America itself is fundamentally corrupt, oppressive or unworthy of their loyalty? This ...
CHAUTAUQUA, New York -- The road here feels like one of those places that America keeps tucked away on purpose -- the kind that you don't stumble into by accident. You come in from the hills and hollows and farm country, past the modest storefronts and weathered porches, and then the land ...
You may wonder why President Donald Trump is doing everything he can, day by day, to destroy faith in democracy in little and large ways, on the job day and night. I have an answer that will presently be revealed. It involves a modest proposal. Here in the capital, our hearts are ...
Here we go again. We're approaching another presidential campaign year, and once again I am reminded of what the great sage Will Rogers said back in 1933: "I am not a member of any organized political party," he said. "I am a Democrat." Yes, I know that Rogers quote is old enough to have ...
Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan keeps calling himself a capitalist. And the Democratic Socialists of America keep backing him to the eyeballs. Why? Because the DSA understands that El-Sayed has to say that to win over even Democrats in a moderate state like Michigan. ...
During the 1979-1980 hostage crisis, a defiant Iran starkly demonstrated the limits of American power. Forty-five years later, it is doing the same thing, although in vastly different circumstances. Back then, when the post-Vietnam military was at a low ebb, we didn't strike Iran, and a ...
